ABSTRACT
In the last decade in the United States, the concepts and practices of accountability and transparency have received increasing scrutiny and revision, both within the business sector and, increasingly, in governmental (and more public) arenas. This scrutiny has rapidly shifted the role of ethics – enlarging and diversifying performance indicators, for example – in profitability, but also in production and social impact. Consumer decision-making behaviours have also shifted considerably. Numerous signs across business culture itself suggest that this rapid change will continue to interpenetrate business and consumer loci of decision-making.
